Assistant Commercial Managers

Government Recruitment Service; Croydon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Croydon is looking for a Contract Manager to oversee contract administration processes and lead contract implementation initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to manage the performance of facilities management contracts and drive commercial opportunities that enhance value for money. This full-time position offers a dynamic environment, requiring strong analytical and negotiation skills to ensure compliance with departmental policies while fostering effective relationships.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage contract administration processes effectively.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience in developing procurement strategies and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract administration processes including changes and performance monitoring.
• Lead contract implementation and conflict resolution with stakeholders.
• Drive strategy development at the contract level to achieve cost savings.

Skills

Contract management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Tools

Jaggaer

Job description

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter‑terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

The Chief Operating Officer Group works closely with the Home Office’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.

These posts are within the Commercial Property Services Portfolio, which is there to support the Home Office and its agencies in providing suitable, safe, secure and sustainable buildings incurring a spend over £100m per annum on outsourced Facilities Management (FM) contracts to a wide range of service providers. We also generally spend c.£50m each financial year on a range of projects from major refurbishments and security upgrades, to lift and boiler replacements and other maintenance and reactive repairs.

The successful candidates can expect themselves to be working across a varied portfolio supporting the Commercial Leads on FM and Construction category at all stages of the contracting cycle. Activities will span across a large and diverse site portfolio for clients that each pose a unique set of commercial challenges and opportunities. Typically, candidates will be involved in sourcing capital maintenance project works and/or contract management of the department’s property services contracts and specialist services that support the operation and maintenance of the Home Office estate, as well as managing and maintaining the data associated with these contracts in commercial systems like Jaggaer.

We are seeking a motivated individual with the right personal qualities to succeed in a fast‑paced environment. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, energetic, and proactive, able to work independently while remaining flexible and adaptable to changing priorities. They should be self‑driven, resilient under pressure, and committed to contributing positively to the team and organisation.

You will develop and maintain positive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers and encourage collaborative relationships as appropriate. Your professional expertise and judgement will be relied upon and valued by senior colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities will include some or all the following:

• Develop and manage the contract administration processes, including variations/change control, financial and payment mechanism, monitoring and assurance, performance monitoring as well as other contract mechanisms.
• Leading contract implementation and management activity, working closely with stakeholders to deliver mobilisation, conflict and issue resolution, negotiation and exit activity utilising analysis, risk mitigation and effective decision making.
• Strategy development at contract level, using business acumen and market insight to drive commercial opportunities to deliver continuous improvement, value for money and/or savings.
• Support the operational project sponsors to deliver and maintain their procurement pipeline for small/med/large scale projects including development of specifications, procurement strategies, tender documentation and contact awards.
• Analysing market, spend and performance data and presenting this to support commercial activity and reporting requirements. Embedding Cabinet Office’s Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) approach and comply with all Departmental controls relating to commercial practice, including strict adherence to their delegated authorities, governance, legislation and policy as appropriate.
• Use electronic sourcing and management systems appropriately to ensure all commercial decisions are evidenced.
• Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to deliver outstanding customer service and savings to the department.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full‑time basis. However, compressed hours are available.